Title The Ark Church and Noah
Contents
Hymn: 415 "I Can't Live Without You"
Meditation: What does the church mean to me?
Confession of Faith: Apostles' Creed
Text: "The LORD said to Noah, "Go into the ark, you and all your household, for I have found you righteous before me in these days... ” (Genesis 7:1-5)
Word: The story of Noah in the Old Testament is not just an old story to intrigue people. It is God's work that shows judgment and salvation. God, who judges fallen humans, created the Ark Church for the family of faith and saved them. Even now, if you stay in the Ark Church, you will be saved. What kind of church is the Ark Church?
This is a church designed by God. It was not conceived and prepared in advance by Noah to prepare for the flood. As you can see in Genesis 6, God has already specifically designed the shape, and Noah only participated as the builder of the ark. God has already determined the dimensions, shape, and materials of the ark. Noah just had to make it according to the blueprint that God had made. The church of today must also take the lead and follow what God leads.
The Lord's Church Church had to enter with my family. Noah and his family went into the ark to be saved. It is meaningless to lead a life of faith alone. The Bible values the family and exhorts them to serve God together. How can families get together? First, it is a worship service with the family. Worship with the whole family at home and at church. Second, it is a family conversation. Modern people are lonely because they have no one to talk to. You need to create opportunities for dialogue between family members. Third, it is the restoration of the spiritual authority of the head of the household. The fathers of our saints must be spiritually strong.
In the Ark Church, all animals and birds also entered and were saved. They took seven male and female clean animals, two unclean animals, and seven birds of the air, and later passed their seeds over all the earth. It is God's kind consideration to preserve the natural world. Believers today must take the lead in protecting nature and the environment. Noah's family and all living creatures who entered the Ark Church lived without dying. However, all who did not enter the ark died. The church is the safest refuge from judgment and tribulation in the last days. I hope that you will become people of faith who get on the ark in the last days.
Prayer: Dear Lord, I earnestly wish that the people of the whole world will enter the Ark Church, the refuge established and created by God, and become a people who will all be saved. I pray in Jesus name. Amen.
Lord's Prayer